Writing a dramatic history of Baltic folkloristics: methodological plurality and multidisciplinarity

A flashback

The drama begins

Resistance site

1: folklore at the university

Resistance site

2: the folklore archives

Resistance site

3: the countryside

The resurgence.

"Folklore in the Baltic History: Resistance and Resurgence is about the role of folklore, folklore archives, and folklore studies in the contemporary history of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania--together called the Baltic countries. They were occupied by Russia, by Germany, and lastly by the USSR at the end of the Second World War. They regained freedom in 1991. The period under the rule of the USSR brought several changes to their societies and cultures. Individuals and institutions dealing with folklore--archives, university departments, and folklorists--came under special control, attack, and surveillance. Some of the pioneer folklorists escaped to other countries, but many others witnessed their institutions and the meaning of folklore studies transformed. The USSR did not stop folklore studies but led the field to new methods. In spite of all the pressure, folklore continued to be a matter of identity, and folksongs became the marching songs of crowds resisting Soviet control in the late 1980s. Since independence in 1991, folklore scholars and institutions revamped and reconstituted folkloristics. Today all three countries have many active scholars and institutions. Sadhana Naithani recounts this resilient arc through an intermedial and interdisciplinary methodology of research. She combines the study of written works, archival documents, life-stories, and conversations with folklorists, ethnologists, archivists, and historians in Tartu, Riga, and Vilnius. She recorded conversations on video, creating current reflections on issues of the recent past. Based on the study of life-stories and oral history projects, Naithani juxtaposes the history of folkloristics and the life of the folk in the Soviet period of the Baltic countries."--Provided by publisher.

1 Songs Joik Songs Cradle Song Bear Song Reindeer Song Raven Song The Tawny Owl Whitefish Livde Trout The Old Man Haeaenda-Maati Joik Taavvad-Piera Joik Listroem Aila-Jussa Ristnaa-Piatar Eerki-Piera Other Songs Stuorravuona (Isovuono) Market Song The Girl's Song This and That Vainamoeinen's Nephew I Saw Daughter and Mother Song The Fiancee's Beauty

2 Animal Tales The Fox's Tale The Fox's Tale, Version

2 The Fox and the Fisherman The Story of the Fox's Blindness The Man and the Bear The Bear and Fox's Wild Reindeer Hunt The Mouse and the Cat The Raven and the Fox The Horse and the Wolf The Fox and the Hare The Wagtail and the Dipper The Story of the Moose and the Bear

3 Fairy Tales The Poor Boy and the King's Daughter The Great Lord's Son-in-Law The Boy and the Golden Bird Acorn Finding Endless Discontent The Reindeer Calf's Hooves Mattias the Fearless and the Devil & Mattias the Fearless The Man Who Lashed His Fortune The Story of Three Girls

4 Short Tales The Resourceful Boy The King and the Bank Thief A Merchant God's Miracles Menis-Antti's Life Story The Poor Boy's Wedding Luck

5 Humorous Stories and Anecdotes The Noaidi Axe The Travels of the Cudit The Wife's Stupidity Shingle-Stick The Story of the Girl's Spinning Rack The Girl and Her Suitor The Fool's Doorposts Three Lazy People Good Day-Axe Handle It Is Truly True The Butter Churn The Wild Reindeer Hunters

6 Belief Legends Etiological Legends Aaccan, Who Tarred the Moon The Stallu The Stallu, Version

2 Giants A Giant Fights with Small Men Two Giants The Sieidi The Sieidi Root Cluster A Story about AEjjih Island The Sieidi of Ij-javri Noaidi Tales The Old Man Noaidi Skolt Sami Noaiddit The Noaidi Wife The Moose Skiers Two Jealous People Shapeshifting Tales The Whitefish Daughter-in-Law The Whitefish Daughter-in-Law, Version

2 The Bear Daughter-in-Law Ghost Hauntings Sarnoo kurra (Speaker's Gorge) The Haunting of the Old Deceased Noaidi The Haunting of the Old Deceased Noaidi, Version

2 The Pastor and the Sexton

7 Historical and Regional Legends Sigga's Legend Sigga's Weeping Strait The Cannibal Vuolli of Ij-javri The Maiden Hannaa 's Decapitation Story The Dead Constable The Fight of the Constables The Late Raassa Piajaa Famed Antt-Piattar's Eelli , Fiance-Waiter She Who Went to Sleep as a Maiden and Woke as a Wife

8 Stories about Cudit Cudit The Cudit on the Move A Story from the Time of Cudit The Boy Who Hunted with a Bow The Boy Who Hunted with a Bow, Version

2 The Death of the Cudit Futile Fear The Disobedient Daughter Lauruka The Cudit Fall into a Ravine The Cudit Drown in the Rapids The Cudit Die of Hunger The Cudit Drown in Lake Aanaar-- Hundred Pine Island Hundred Pine Island, Version

2 Lauruka Kills Cudit with a Sword

9 Peeivih-Vualappa The Feats of Peeivih-Vualappa About Peeivih-Vualappa 's Father, Peeivih Peeivih-Vualappa Burns a Sieidi Peeivih-Vualappa Burns a Sieidi, Version

2 The Capstone Peeivih-Vualappa on the Sea Shore Peeivih-Vualappa on the Sea Shore, Version

10 Stories about the Skolts Scaring the Skolt Wife Scaring the Skolt Wife, Version

2 Scaring the Skolt Wife, Version

3 Scaring the Skolt Wife, Version

4 Scaring the Skolt Wife, Version

5 Scaring the Skolt Wife, Version

6 Scaring the Skolt Wife, Version

7 Kaassa

11 Hunting Stories The Late Haannu 's Bear and Wild Reindeer Hunt A Draught Reindeer as a Wild Reindeer The Bear Hunter The Soddy Root Ball as a Bear Menis-Antti's Bear Hunting Stories A Bear Story The Bear Hunters The Girls and the Bear The Bear and the Women The Squirrel Hunters The Wild Reindeer Skiers The Moose Hunters Irjan-Anna ja Antti on a Fishing Excursion to Laggujavri (Lankojarvi) The Ermine Hunters

12 Personal Experience Narratives The Life of One Aanaar Sami An Aanaar Marriage and Life Story Some Misfortune The Old Man of Soadigil's (Sodankyla) Forest Memories The Autumnal Wild-Reindeer Hunt in Aanaar Vuavnum (Vuongunta), or Hunting Wild-Reindeer in the Spring Juonastim (Juomustus) and Netting Under the Ice

A rich multivoiced anthology of folktales, legends, joik songs, proverbs, riddles, and other verbal art, this is the most comprehensive collection of Sami oral tradition available in English to date. Collected by August V. Koskimies and Toivo I. Itkonen in the 1880s from nearly two dozen storytellers from the arctic Aanaar (Inari) region of northeast Finland, the material reveals a complex web of social relations that existed both inside and far beyond the community. First published in 1918 only in the Aanaar Sami language and in Finnish, this anthology is now available in a centennial English-language edition for a global readership. Translator Tim Frandy has added biographies of the storytellers, maps and period photos, annotations, and a glossary. In headnotes that contextualize the stories, he explains such underlying themes as Aanaar conflicts with neighboring Sami and Finnish communities, the collapse of the wild reindeer populations less than a century before, and the pre-Christian past in Aanaar. He introduces us to the bawdy humor of Antti Kitti, the didacticism of Iisakki Mannermaa, and the feminist leanings of Juho Petteri Lusmaniemi, emphasizing that folktales and proverbs are rooted in the experiences of individuals who are links in a living tradition. (source: Nielsen Book Data) 9780299319007 20190325

For generations, Central Asian Muslims have told legends of medieval rulers who waged war, died in battle, and achieved sainthood. Among the Uyghurs of East Turkistan (present-day Xinjiang, China), some of the most beloved legends tell of the warrior-saint Satuq Bughra Khan and his descendants, the rulers of the Qarakhanid dynasty. To this day, these tales are recited at the saints' shrines and retold on any occasion. Warrior Saints of the Silk Road introduces this rich literary tradition, presenting the first complete English translation of the Qarakhanid narrative cycle along with an accessible commentary. At once mesmerizing, moving, and disturbing, these legends are essential texts in Central Asia's religious heritage as well as fine, enduring works of mystical literature. (source: Nielsen Book Data) 9789004384262 20190225

The islands of Britain and Ireland hold a rich heritage of plant folklore and wisdom, from the magical yew tree to the bad-tempered dandelion. Here are traditional tales about the trees and plants that shape our landscapes and our lives through the seasons. They explore the complex relationship between people and plants, in lowlands and uplands, fields, bogs, moors, woodlands and towns. Suitable for all ages, this is an essential collection of stories for anyone interested in botany, the environment and our living heritage. (source: Nielsen Book Data) 9780750981217 20181008